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E. 'J. HAUCK SHEET METAL BOX.

Patented Aug. 14, 1883.

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P TENT OFFICE.

EDWARD J. HAUOK, or ROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SHEET-METAL BOX.

PECIFICATIQN forming part of Letters Batent No. 283,238, dated" August 14, 1,883. Application filed July 5, 1883. (No model.)

. To all whom, it may concern..-

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. HAUCK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, E. D., in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Sheet-Metal Boxes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has for its object to providea box of novel construction, which is more especially designed for carrying matches; and the invention consists inthe construction and combination of parts, hereinafter described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichi Figure 1 represents avertical section in the plane 00 00, Fig. 2, showing the two lids open in full lines and closed in dotted lines. Fig. 2 is a vertical section in the plane y 3 Fig." 1. Fig. 3 is a face view of thebox.

Similarletters indicate corresponding parts.

. In these drawings, the letter A design ates the body of my box, which is intended particularly for matches, but which can be used for cigarettes or other articles of a similar nature. B B are of the body of the box.

vices, b b, retain the lids in a closed position. I11 the example represented by the drawings I have shown two balls for this purpose, but any other suitable fastening devices maybe substituted for these balls. The eyes of the hinge-j oints are soldered to lips c c, which pro- When the lids are Suitable fastening de eyes are situated on a level with the top edge 0 .of the body A, which is provided with recesses d d, (best seen in Figs. 2 and 3,) so that the bottom edges of said recesses form stops to retain the lids, when opened, in the position shown in Fig. 1. WVhen the lids are closed the lips c c fill up the recesses d d, so as to give to the box an unbroken surface.

I11 the open end of the body A is firmlysecured an extension, 0, which rises above the hinge-joints, so that the matches or other articles contained in the box are prevented from interfering with theoperation of elosingthe If the extension 0 is taken off, the match D, Fig. 2, would lean over the top edge of the body A to such an extent that it would be lia- 5 ble to catch between the lids when an attempt is made to close the same, and before the lids can be closed care must be taken to bring the matches or other articles in such a position that they do not catch between the lids. This difficulty is avoided by the extension C.

\Vhat I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the body A, of two lids, B B, swinging on hinges a a, the lips c c, projecting from the lids, the recesses 11 (l in the edge of the body A, and the extension C, substantially as and for the purpose shown and described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my 

